Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-14
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] tat - Az ds1eRmt1ed nd 70 Do u1lil
/ every oaber rssoaEua fafls. We are noe
couaaaEing q plan Of hrinRing ons
/ from he Eat and soulh ooe ehoasand
BAG, @2F1ng neeFoe2-men VITO can amd
wi vuEk, and uho eli BE a1ad % eeme
and W9gk fer going wages To bring
one teo1zEud laborefs heEs woaId cot
shout e76Apo. or eourss. npms of this
an0ans weld be Lost. but the greater
part Of Il Roald Be paid back IN iaboEs
These 10 no way 70 bind men 70 stay
and woEk oat their fEauGportAtson. The
Northern Pssife ioaa . great deal Of
nsoney In this way, many Of the lAhoF-
eFs hey bEsogha cat from the Easl only
working o few days, and some Of than
nos working at al. We have not per-
fsoted cur plans pei for bringing the
negroes out b1t the iesa vas Suggested
and has tAken stEong bold 1pon s0me
Of us. WhiIs I vas East las year I
talked vita = great many eoiored labor
efs, and found Q general dispoaition
among than 20 20 anywhere II they
we're eoaysncsd THAI b. % doing they
could impEove khsiF condition. There
e eon1derable railroad hailding going
on here, and there will b more In the
near future; 20 you can Sos that the
question Of lAbsR h RsttinR TO Be Q very
important one.
A farmer, talking In regard 10 the
SAT- matter, said: II have been trying
10 get some faFm-hands. but End the
labor market very mnsh dsplsted, and
II this aoD't change some Of the farmers
viii ind Il very difioalt 70 save their
erops."
A bop grower aid. sIf q were not Cor
the Indians, ! do NOT know What We
would do when hop picking time comes,
labor g 30 scarce. We can depend on
the Inaians, however. They have zoe
Ia the habit Of coming 70 the Sound sv-
cry year st hop picking time. and
WI b8AuA 70 WI 08Nt 3AAy 0AAAA00Aat
Ia securing our crop. We expect q
thousand Of more Indians from across
the mountains this year besides the us-
ual crowds from Neah Bay, British Col
umbia and Alaska.
A prominena logger, discussing the
labor question, said; $50 faE Ne have
been able 70 get sll tbs men We require
In the woods, but In order % get them
We hags had 10 advances wages consid-
eFably over last years rates. LoRgers
nov earn a. large wages Rg were ever
paid on the Sound, with one or two ex-
ceptions. and II Il vas not for the good
pEices the mills are paying fer our tim
Der We could NOT run euR camps. Labor
Is higher, and feed deareE. than for
years past, and Il costs considerable
more 10 run camp this year than any
previous season for several years. One
thing that helps us ont on the labor
question is shis: Ali the boys In this
country who are raised on ranches, be-
come familiar With the use Of the 81,
and also with drivine tsanas and hand
ling timber, and as soon as they are
grown and leave homo. they naturally
drift into the logging camps. In fast,
u seems 10 be the hight Of the ambition
Of many young men raised In the woods
70 get into logging camp. where they
can earn fFom 80 to SIS per month.
Some Of the best teamsters and chop
psrs We have are young men Who get |
their experiences while helping the old
man clear up his ranch. The best chop |
per In my camp - farmers boy, and |
be IL said 10 his credit, be devotes poF- |
ton Of bis wages to assisting hia aged
parents"